Thomas Enqvist


Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former top-five professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached the final of the Australian Open in 1999, and won a total of 19 singles titles, including three Masters titles. In November 1999, he reached a career-high ranking of 4.

Tennis career

Throughout his career, Enqvist finished four seasons ranked inside the top 10 four and won at least one ATP title for six consecutive years. In 1998 he underwent surgery in Stockholm to remove a small piece of bone from his right foot and had surgery on his right shoulder to repair a repetitive strain injury. Despite his surgeries, Enqvist posted some impressive victories, including wins over world no. 1 Pete Sampras, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Roddick.
Enqvist won a total of 19 singles titles, the most significant being ATP Masters Series titles at Paris, Stuttgart and both the singles and doubles titles in Cincinnati. In winning the Stuttgart Masters, he defeated four top 10 players, including world no. 1 Andre Agassi.
His best showing at a Grand Slam event was in 1999, when he beat Jan-Michael Gambill, Byron Black, Pat Rafter, Mark Philippoussis, Marc Rosset and Nicolás Lapentti before he lost the Australian Open final to Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia. He also reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2001 and at the 1996 Australian Open.
Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1998, he helped Sweden reach the finals of the Davis Cup for the fourth time in five years.
From 2017 to 2019, Enqvist was Captain of the Swedish Davis Cup team. He currently works as a commentator for Eurosport, Sweden.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

Career singles finals

Wins (19–7)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.Oct 1992Bolzano, ItalyCarpet Arnaud Boetsch6–1, 1–6, 7–6
Win2.Aug 1993Schenectady, U.S.Hard Brett Steven4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win3.Jan 1995Auckland, New ZealandHard Chuck Adams6–2, 6–1
Win4.Feb 1995Philadelphia, U.S.Carpet Michael Chang0–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win5.May 1995Pinehurst, U.S.Clay Javier Frana6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss1.Aug 1995Los Angeles, U.S.Hard Michael Stich7–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win6.Aug 1995Indianapolis, U.S.Hard Bernd Karbacher6–4, 6–3
Win7.Nov 1995Stockholm, SwedenHard Arnaud Boetsch7–5, 6–4
Win8.Apr 1996New Delhi, IndiaHard Byron Black6–2, 7–6
Win9.Nov 1996Paris, FranceCarpet Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–2, 6–4, 7–5
Win10.Nov 1996Stockholm, SwedenHard Todd Martin7–5, 6–4, 7–6
Win11.Feb 1997Marseille, FranceHard Marcelo Ríos6–4, 1–0, ret.
Loss2.Jul 1997Los Angeles, U.S.Hard Jim Courier4–6, 4–6
Win12.Feb 1998Marseille, FranceHard Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–1
Loss3.Mar 1998Philadelphia, U.S.Hard Pete Sampras5–7, 6–7
Win13.May 1998Munich, GermanyClay Andre Agassi6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win14.Jan 1999Adelaide, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss4.Feb 1999Australian Open, MelbourneHard Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 0–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win15.Nov 1999Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyHard Richard Krajicek6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Win16.Nov 1999Stockholm, SwedenHard Magnus Gustafsson6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Loss5.Jan 2000Adelaide, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss6.Mar 2000Indian Wells, U.S.Hard Àlex Corretja4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win17.Jul 2000Cincinnati, U.S.Hard Tim Henman7–6, 6–4
Loss7.Aug 2000Long Island, U.S.Hard Magnus Norman3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win18.Oct 2000Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Roger Federer6–2, 4–6, 7–6, 1–6, 6–1
Win19.Feb 2002Marseille, FranceHard Nicolas Escudé6–7, 6–3, 6–1

Singles performance timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament

LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

Top 10 wins